The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-11

sisting of the Mayor and City Physician, TO
confer with the business men of the town
and report as to the sentiment in regard 10
establishing quarantine. This committee
reported at late meeting OF the board Uha'
it was the almost universal wish thai q
quarantine be declared, which was accord
ingly done The Mayor was authorized to
appoint as MANY health officers as 20
deemed necessary The same COMMITTEES
was instructed to report set of rules anu
regulations to govern the board, ana 70
define the fines, penalties, etc.
The cleaning-up idea has evidently struck
every town in South Florida, brought about,
no doubt by the fever in Key West. %
this subject the Orlando Sentinel remarks;
The Sentinel can certainly compliment the
oft-abused City Council upon one thing, and
that is the thorough manner in which they
are having the CITY cleaned up. Men ana
wagons have been busy all the week cutting
down weeds, raking up old rubbish burn
ing il up, etc. If the good work Soes on
until the city is thoroughly cleaned there
may be no fear of sickness on the part OF
any one during the summer. Don't let IL
| stop, gentlemen, until every corner Is eA-
amined and found clean. See that dlsln--
| fectants are freely used, the back yards and
all other hidden hooks thoroughly cle,nsed
and there may be no fear of sickness.
The Sanford Water Works Company
have accepted the franchise granted them
! by the City Council several months ago.
! Mr.. f. H. Rand. of the Florida Land and
Colonization Company has let the contract
| to Maj. Louis McLain for the constitution
of reservoir fifty feet in diameter and
| from eighteen to twenty-four feet deep, on
the grounds of the company, at the pump
| house. This reservoir will be constructed
of brick and cement, and will be perfectly
water-tight. This huge cistern will
| be supplied from the water works lake, two
miles from Sanford, and from it the water
will be pumped into the tanks, which will be
| kept full all the time. The tanks will be
used only for domestic supply, and in case
| of fire the water will be forced directly into
the mains by million gallon pump of latest
design, which will furnish ample pressure.
A new pump-house will be constructed, and
| in it will be placed a new boiler and the new
pumps. Mr. Rand expects to have the new
system in working order by early fall, and,
TO secure this end, work will begin at an
early day.
| One of the completest barns for the Flor
| ida climate has Just been completed for II.
G. Hubbard, of Crescent City The lower
part is boarded while the upper part is lat
ticed, the roof extending out over all about
| three feet The carriage, feed and harness
rooms and hay loft have close floors, while
| the stable part is outside, and so arranged
as to give the animals plenty of room with
out need of their being battered in their
various places. The same gentleman is hav-
ing large two-story and half man
sard roof Queen Anne style frame
building erected on the same prem
ises The timbers are unusually large,
| and the house will be, without doubt, one
of the best built and most complete in all
its appointments of any in Putnam county.
Its cost will approximate $4,000. When
this building is completed, Mr. Hubbard's
place will well be worth a visit from all
Florida tourists. He has nearly every sort
of fruit, shrub and flower that can be
| grown in the State-some very rare plants
from foreign chimes, obtained at great ex-
pense, and all artistically planted out, with
meandering walks, pools, waterfalls and
shady bowers.
Times Union: Mr. Joe Burroughs, bag
gage master. of the Savannah, Florida and
| Western railroad, and his assistants, were
thoroughly frightened Wednesday after
noon. During the day large iron-bound
| trunk had been left on the platform near the
baggage-rooln to be checked, and short
time. before the time for the train to leave
one Of the men turned it upon end so that
it would be convenient to check when the
owner came and identified it. The man
lifted it up hastily and allowed it to drop
over on its end suddenly, and as it fell a
| loud report as OF the explosion or a pistol
was heard. All looked in the direction OF
the trunk, and as they did SC
they saw dense black smoke
pouring out of every crack. They did not
hold a consultation or make an examina-
ton. 1t suddenly flashed upon the minds
of all that the trunk was loaded with dyna-
mite, and with one accord all hands set out
in every direction, moving as they never
moved before, for they expected every mo-
ment to be sentfying through the air unless
they got out of the range of the dynamite
before the grand explosion took place. After
remaining away some minutes they began
to venture cautiously back to the baggage
room, when the trunk was carefully lifted
and slowed away in the baggage car, after
which all hands felt relieved, but not en-
tirely until the train pulled out of the depot
and reached the junction in Lavilla. They
then breathed easy.
ALEXANDER VS.. KAISER is case now before a
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